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Ecclesiastes (/ ɪˌkliːziˈæstiːz / ih-KLEE-zee-ASS-teez; Biblical Hebrew: קֹהֶלֶת, romanized: Qōheleṯ, Ancient Greek: Ἐκκλησιαστής, romanized: Ekklēsiastēs) is one of the Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Hebrew Bible and part of the Wisdom literature of the Christian Old Testament. The title commonly used in English is ...
A Latin quote from Ecclesiastes 1:2 is shown as engraved in the cup at the top of the jester's staff on the right: 'Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas' ("Vanity of vanities, all is vanity") and below the map is a text taken from the Vulgate translation of Ecclesiastes 1:15: 'Stultorum infinitus est numerus' [17] ("The number of fools is infinite").
The work is a still life in the genre of vanitas, painted with oils on oak panel, and measuring 39.2 by 50.7 cm (15.4 by 20.0 in). [1] Like most vanitas paintings, it contains deep religious overtones and was created to both remind viewers of their mortality (a memento mori) and to indicate the transient nature of material objects. [3]
The Preacher declares: there is nothing new under the sun and all is vanity. People: David - God. Places: Jerusalem, Israel. Related Articles: Vanity - Wisdom - Knowledge - Insanity. English Text: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Wikisource - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - Wycliffe
21. Ecclesiastes 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1][2] The book contains philosophical speeches by a character called 'Qoheleth' ("the Teacher"; Koheleth or Kohelet), composed probably between the fifth and second centuries BC. [3]
vanity of vanities; everything [is] vanity: Or more simply: "vanity, vanity, everything vanity". From the Vulgate, Ecclesiastes 1:2;12:8. vaticinium ex eventu: prophecy from the event: A purported prediction stated as if it was made before the event it describes, while in fact being made thereafter. vel non: or not
Vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others. Prior to the 14th century, it did not have such narcissistic undertones, and merely meant futility. [1] The related term vainglory is now often seen as an archaic synonym for vanity, but originally meant considering one's own capabilities and that God's help was ...
"Vanity of vanities, and everything is vanity." Ecclesiastes 1:2 Μέτρον ἄριστον. Métron áriston. "Moderation is best" On occasions where neither too much nor too little is a good choice, as when eating or celebrating. Cleobulus, according to Diogenes Laërtius. [20] Archimedes: Μὴ μοῦ τοὺς κύκλους τάραττε